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Bombing at southern Thai beach kills 3 policemen
Date: 2014-04-25 17:00:36 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:81 - ID:687599
BANGKOK, April 25 (MENA) - An explosion at a fishing competition Friday in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south has killed three policemen and wounded 17 other people, police said, ABC News reported. Police Col. Panya Karawanun said Muslim ....
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David Cameron condemns 'unjustified' strikes which could cost London £150m
Date: 2014-04-25 16:21:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:74 - ID:687503
LONDON, April 25 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday condemned the London Underground strikes set to start on Monday amid claims they will cost the capital £150 million, the London Evening Standard reported. With the capital ....
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Explosion in Karachi kills 4, injures 30
Date: 2014-04-25 15:16:34 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:70 - ID:687450
ISLAMABAD, April 25 (MENA) - An explosion near a provincial government motorcade rocked a residential area of Pakistan's most populous city on Friday, killing at least four people and injuring 30 others, CNN quoted a provincial spokesman as ....
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Explosion at checkpoint near Ukraine's Odessa, 7 wounded
Date: 2014-04-25 15:15:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:69 - ID:687438
KIEV, April 25 (MENA) – Seven people, including a policeman, have been injured in an explosion at a checkpoint in the Odessa region in southern Ukraine, RIA Novosti quoted local police as saying in a statement Friday. "As a result of the incident, ....
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European Commission ready to impose new sanctions against Russia
Date: 2014-04-25 15:06:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:687454
BRUSSELS, April 25 (MENA) - The European Commission and the EU's foreign policy service have already completed "a significant part of the work" for the preparation of economic sanctions against Russia, but the decision about their imposing has not ....
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Putin condemns attempts of using army against civilians in Ukraine
Date: 2014-04-25 12:19:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:687098
MOSCOW, April 25 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned Friday attempts of using the Ukrainian army against civilians in east of the country during his phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Itar-Tass reported. Putin ....
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Obama in Seoul pledge on N Korea
Date: 2014-04-25 11:44:24 GMT - south korea - World - SN:43 - ID:687099
SEOUL, April 25 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama said America stood "shoulder to shoulder" with South Korea over North Korean provocation, the BBC reported on Friday. Obama, who arrived from Japan, spoke after holding talks with South Korean ....
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Hardliners exploited Tunisia revolution - activist
Date: 2014-04-25 11:24:20 GMT - Austria - World - SN:40 - ID:686980
VIENNA, April 25 (MENA) – Head of the National Union of Tunisian Women Radia el-Garaby said on Friday that the conditions of the Tunisian women have improved compared to the period following the January 14 revolution. In statements to MENA, ....
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Putin instructs drafting Black Sea Fleet development program
Date: 2014-04-25 07:59:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:686689
MOSCOW, April 25 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the country's government and Defense Ministry to draft a development program for the Russian Black Sea Fleet before June 1, 2014, The Voice of Russia reported. "The government ....
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Obama arrives in Seoul amid grief over ferry disaster, concern about N.K. nuclear test
Date: 2014-04-25 07:55:30 GMT - south korea - World - SN:14 - ID:686688
SEOUL, April 25 (MENA) - U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in South Korea on Friday for talks with President Park Geun-hye as the Asian ally grieves over the deadly sinking of a ferry while on the lookout for a possible nuclear test by North ....